Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-03-Speech-2-168"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foot-and-mouth disease2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010403.8.2-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-03-Speech-2-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (2000-07-03--2001-09-02)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, foot-and-mouth disease was found on a farm in my municipality last week. Emergency vaccination is now taking place in a radius around that farm, and 90 000 animals will be slaughtered in the next few weeks. This is a disaster of unknown proportions which is affecting 200 farming families, as well as many others, in this village. Given the permission for emergency vaccination, I had hoped that the Commission would have begun to appreciate the ethical side of agriculture. But emergency vaccination is only putting off the evil hour for healthy animals. This level of destruction is not acceptable, and there are alternatives available, such as those included in our resolution. Cows, sheep and pigs are more than production units. They are God’s creatures in relation to which we need to act as responsible stewards. The measures which the Commission is taking are based only on dubious economic motives, that is to say retaining remote export markets. The non-vaccination policy was based on a restricted outbreak every 5 to 10 years. The present epidemic is anything but restricted. The non-vaccination policy is therefore based on false scenarios and must be reviewed. I call on the Commission to consider the ethical dimension of its policy. Healthy, vaccinated animals could be kept for the internal market."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1

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